Who is perfect?
Who is perfect? No one is, even if you have discovered your true nature, you will face challenges at times by ego. It is just like when the Buddha was confronted with mara or when Jesus was tempted by Satan, all people must face their demons once in a while in life. They do not leave, they remain inside of you. These are your neurosis’s you struggled with in the past and it is still here, dormant, sleeping waiting for the perfect moment to arise. These demons are our addictions or personal issues that like to torment us. So do we mess up at times in life? Sure we do. But the real question is, what do you do after you messed up? Do you beat yourself up? No. Do you stay down? No, you get up and try again. And most importantly we learn from our mistakes and try your best to not to do it again. In our path of enlightenment, we will stumble at times but we must stay in the course. Never be hard on yourself. Never blame yourself, just say “I am humbled out of this experience, now I have learned my lesson, I will move on.” Do not dwell on your issue. You must get up and try again. Life is like a dance you dance and have fun. Don’t dance and be so hard on yourself because you tripped during the dance or because you didn’t spin correctly, whats the point of dancing then? Dancing is suppose to be fun, done with your heart. Learn how to forgive yourself, then again, who is blaming you? No one is. You are blaming yourself, because you are hard on yourself. Be nice and gentle to yourself, like you would speak to a baby. When a baby drops something, falls or cries, will you yell at the baby or decide to not talk to the baby anymore? Of course not, that is the same way you need to react to yourself or with anyone that makes a mistake. If they humbly apologize to you, learn how to forgive and forget. Human beings can be very unforgiving, even if they are a “spiritual” person. Having the heart of God, means you are forgiving. See the word “forgiving” it contains two words “for” and “giving.” Its not called “fortaking,” because in the practice of forgiving you are giving love to the other person or to your own self. Give the person a chance, give yourself a chance, give love back like you would give to a baby. A baby and an adult are no different, its just a difference in knowledge and age. Every adult is a baby in an aged body. We are all learning, and if you stopped learning, it is because you choose to not learn, or you are dead. Learning means you are alive, you are open minded and you are open to change. Learning means we are evolving. We cannot stay the same, we must learn. We cannot be always right, and if you think that you are always right, then you need to abandon that idea immediately, its poison to your being. Therefore, learn and smile, move on and see the bigger picture. The bigger picture is that you are receptive to the voice of God, the Source that is guiding you to notice your mistake, not in a condemning way, but to point out the mistake so you can go and correct the situation, so you can learn from it and evolve. Remember what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. Smile, let go and move on.
Yours truly, you Internet friend
Namaste~
